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Margaret Wagner, a Korean War veteran, recently visited the Louisiana Military Museum.

Known as Margaret McLeod at the time of her service, Wagner spent time in Japan as a member of the United States Army. She was also given the opportunity to play a small role in the 1953 film “Never Wave at a WAC,” alongside starlet Rosalind Russell and the famous Gen. Omar Bradley, while stationed in Petersburg, Virginia.

Wagner was raised in a small town near Des Moines, Iowa. She said she joined the service on March 1, 1951 for patriotic reasons.

The Department of Justice will be in the Lincoln Parish School District Thursday and Friday as part of an ongoing litigation case.

Lincoln Parish Schools Superintendent Mike Milstead said he will lead the department around to eight city schools comparing their facilities to the Grambling schools.
“They said it shouldn’t take more than an hour per school,” he said. “I’m hoping less than that.”

In other business:

• The board approved a recommendation to accept a $73,425 bid from Scott Truck L.L.C. for the purchase of six school buses in 2017.

With the support of the Board of Regents, the next step for the proposed merger that would have Louisiana State University at Shreveport merging with Louisiana Tech University awaits more details before a vote heads to the state Legislature.

With a two-thirds majority needed in both the House and Senate to pass the proposed plan, it is unsure whether or not the two institutions will become one, or if the lack of support from the LSU system will ultimately keep the schools separate.